Contents
Prologue: years of making magic
Hot type to no type; when the story was all
Trenchant tales of sexism, survival et moi
Bittersweet call of the anarchists’ den
Memories, broken hearts and the cop that wasn’t
The Sun: collusion, conspiracy and cold beer
Blood and babes were bread and butter
Ups and downs of rock ’n’ roll
Awash in Spicer’s spirited dinners
Discovering Montreal’s lush life
Scents of film reviewing: sex and money
Dining out on celebrity tidbits
Blooper Central: Copyeditors asleep at the switch
The junket junkie and the agents of suppression
The gentlemen of the Fourth Estate
I as in the first and most important
Supermarket tabs: what do facts have to do with it?
Cool, sweet taste of printer’s ink
Lather, rinse, repeat: a print junkie imposter